this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. moroccan officials say a five year old boy — who was rescued from a well — has died. rayan had been trapped since tuesday. as she celebrates the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, queen elizabeth, she says she'd like her daughter—in law, camilla, to become queen consort. hoping to steady the ship. uk prime minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at downing street. and firming up legislation in the uk — that will force global social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the operation to rescue a five—year—old boy trapped in a well in morocco since tuesday has ended in tragedy. emergency workers were able to reach the boy, rayan awram, earlier this evening — but the moroccan authorities confirmed that he had died. king mohammed sent condolences to his parents. rayan awram, aged five, fell into the well on tuesday, triggering a huge rescue effort that engrossed the country. moroccan journalist hassan alawii has been following the story — he gave us his reaction to tonight's news. we were hoping to have some good news, even if it doesn't make sense for this story to end in a good manner because if you spent five days in the bottom of a well,

and you are only a five—year—old boy, it is very unlikely that you can survive this terrible experience. so, tonight, at around 9:30pm local time, 8:30pm gmt, the ambulance came to the front door of this cave, and... ..the rescue team just put the body there of rayan and left. and we didn't know at the time what was happening. but, then, we had the breaking news, the king himself, king mohammed vi, himself called the father and mother of rayan and presented

his condolences to them live on television. this is something that never ever happened in the history of morocco, that the king himself expresses his condolences to a family live on television. after that, i sawjust a short bit of the news at 9 o'clock here, and there was an official statement from the palace itself. and it confirmed the bad news, unfortunately, and it said that the king is very sad to know about the outcome of this experience for rayan. the queen has announced her hopes for the monarchy, when her eldest son, prince charles, becomes king. in a highly significant intervention, she's expressed her "sincere wish," that her daughter—in law, camilla, be known as queen consort, paving the way

for the duchess of cornwall, to be crowned at her husband's side. the news comes on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her own accession to the throne. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell reports from sandringham. she's preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the day she came to the throne. this morning, the queen greeted guests in the ballroom at sandringham, walking slowly and carefully, steadied with a stick. but alert and fully engaged. i was told it had to be upside—down for the press. so, they can see it. laughter. idon�*t mind! i don't matter. the queen seemed quite fit and well today, yes. she has actually had that little sparkle in her eye and, you know, her sense of humour was there, so, yeah, i'd say she was fine. a little frail, but terrific sense of humour she's got, which, l you know, really stands out. and very bright, and her. memory must be fantastic! and it's clear for the first time

how actively the queen is contemplating the arrangements for the future. probably be quite different because nowadays won't we do things quite differently? in a statement tonight she recalled the pledge she made at the time of her 21st birthday. i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted your service. the queen made it clear there is no question of her stepping back from her role. she said... and then she turns to the transition to the reign of her eldest son, and says this...

until now, mindful of the sensitivities around camilla's role in the breakdown of charles�*s first marriage, it had been intended that she would become princess consort. now, the queen has made clear her wish that camilla should have the full status as the wife of a king and be known as queen. tonight, clarence house said charles and camilla were touched and honoured. the queen's second son, prince andrew, will give evidence under oath in london next month, to lawyers in the civil case representing the woman accusing him of sexual assault. virginia giuffre claims as a 17 year old, she was trafficked by the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, to have sex with the duke, in the early 2000s. the prince strenuously denies the allegations.

britain's prime minister boris johnson has announced two new major appointments to his downing street team, saying the shake—up will "improve how no 10 operates," following weeks of turmoil. the labour party have accused johnson of panicking and said the government is collapsing into chaos. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson has the very latest. after another week of bad headlines, the loss of senior downing street staff and some of his own mps openly calling for him to go, tonight boris johnson was attempting to get on the front foot. he has appointed the former bbc journalist guto hari as his director of communications. he worked for borisjohnson when he was london mayor and here he was just over a week ago setting out what the prime minister had to do. boris has always underestimated how critical it is to have a fantastic team around him and i don't think, even if he can pull this back, he will be allowed to do it unless he promises to his party that he is going to overhaul that machinery.

and as part of that overhaul, unusually the new chief of staff in downing street won't be a civil servant but a politician, the former brexit secretary steve barclay. his job will be to ensure that the cabinet and mps feel more involved in decision—making, although tony blair's former chief of staffjonathan powell questioned whether a demanding full—time role as a government official really can be combined with the job of an mp. after so—called partygate, borisjohnson had to promise his mps behind closed doors that he'd make significant changes to the way that downing street was run. and i'm told there will be an even bigger staff shake—up announced in the coming week. but he's also being pressed by seniorfigures in his party to make changes to his cabinet, to look beyond his natural allies. and i'm told that those discussions, or perhaps i should say, negotiations, are already under way. it is actually an opportunity for a reset, which i hope the prime minister takes, because it's a very important part of his premiership, that he actually builds bridges, notjust between downing street

and the parliamentary party but across the parliamentary party. but will this be enough? more mps are considering submitting letters of no confidence and potential rivals to the prime minister seem to be limbering up. rebuilding trust with mps is one thing, but what voters think is rather more crucial. and here in plymouth, the prime minister still seems to have his work cut out. he's apologised, he's clearing out number 10. maybe he's doing his bit. he might be doing his bit, but he let a lot of people down. well, i don't think anybody else i could take over and do any better. borisjohnson is hoping that the changes in downing street will convince his conservative critics not to change its occupant. iain watson, bbc news. the uk government wants tougher laws forcing global social media companies, to take down illegal content, without having to wait for users to report it. it's an issue politicans across the world have been trying to deal with. last year g7 leaders agreed a set of internet safety principles

to improve online safety. here in the uk the new legislation, would compel the removal of material under a wide range of categories, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. here's katie prescott. frankie was 15 when she took her own life in 2018. afterwards, her parents had her laptop forensically checked. and realised that, back earlier in the year, january, february, march of 2018, she had been accessing sites about self—harm, suicide. just appalling stuff. and we had no idea and the school had absolutely no idea. stories like these are behind plans to toughen up regulations online. tech companies will face fines of up to 10% of their turnover if they don't take down material relating to... those sending threatening messages, like the racist abuse of england's

footballers last year, will face prosecution, as will people at the companies themselves. the organisations will have to name | individuals who will be responsible | within those organisations - for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that - legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years' imprisonment. . tech companies say they welcome the clear guidance from government and that they see the need for more regulation. they say that the internet needs to become a safer place, too, but there are concerns that this could stifle people's access to information, if companies were to over moderate and remove too much content in order to comply. experts say the challenge will be putting it into practice. on facebook platforms alone, people are posting more than 100 billion times a day. in 2017, facebook and instagram were taking down 35,000 posts a day

about self—harm and suicide alone. so, this is regulation not at a minor scale, but at an industrial scale. while there's criticism about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how the online world is policed. katie prescott, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. moroccan officials say a five year old boy — who was rescued from a well — has died. rayan had been trapped since tuesday. as she celebrates the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, queen elizabeth, says she'd like her daughter—in law, camilla, to become queen consort. hoping to steady the ship. uk prime minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at downing street. additional us troops have arrived in poland as part of a new deployment to bolster nato

forces as tensions with russia remain high. the soldiers from the eighty—second airborne division of the us army, landed in the south—east of the country not far from the ukrainian border. the biden administration announced this week it will send three thousand additional american soldiers to eastern europe. russia has massed more than a hundred thousand troops on its border with ukraine, but the kremlin denies it's planning to invade. adam easton has the latest. well, what we've seen so far is the first elements — actually, mostly equipment — for this deployment has arrived in poland, and that's come from germany, from us bases in germany. the 82nd airborne division, which you mentioned, is based in north carolina, and 1,700 troops from that division will be arriving in poland over the coming hours and days. and this deployment, while that number, 1,700,

is not particularly large if you compare it to the 100,000 russian troops that have massed on the borders with ukraine, it is a significant political gesture to send this many troops to poland, because it actually increases the number of american troops in poland by more than one—third, and if you compare that to 2014 when russia annexed the crimea, president 0bama then was thinking of sending just 100 soldiers to poland. so, this is 1,700, significantly more, so a significant gesture that's been welcomed extremely by polish leaders. the polish prime minister mateusz morawiecki saying that this is an important signal of nato's unity against the threat of russian aggression. a sculpture of an algerian military hero has been vandalised in central france,

hours before it was inaugurated. the artwork, which was commissioned to mark sixty years of algerian independence, depicts emir abedl kaader — who led the struggle against the french invasion of algeria in 1830. he was dubbed france's worst enemy and was imprisoned in the french town of am—bwaaz, where the new sculpture now stands. the mayor of am—bwaaz, comdemned the vandals ashamed the work of art and artists were treated that way. second feeling was indignation, it's a day of unity to bring people together and there are no words to describe such behaviour and we will find the perpetrators and they will be prosecuted and punished. i give you my word. the sculpture will stay in it will be restored.

the controversy over china's winter olympics has intensified over beijing's decision to get a uighur athlete from xinjiang to light the olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony. china has been accused of using the cross—country skier, dinigarjala—moojang, as a propaganda tool, to undermine criticism of its policies in xinjiang. beijing is alleged to have carried out human rights abuses against the region's ethnic uyghurs. an international olympic committee spokesman has also commented. the response has been essentially that this is a political ploy by beijing essentially to cover up what it is doing. it has been accused of really egregious human rights abuses and xinjiang against uighur people and xinjiang against uighur people and putting them in re—education camps, a whole series of other measures, introduced against the uighur minority there. without

explicitly saying so, this is trying to hit back and saying look, we are a nation of 56 different ethnic groups, uighuramong them. and a nation of 56 different ethnic groups, uighur among them. and they will take part in this assembly and light the cauldron as a symbolic act. it is really showing the world that they are part of china and treated well. also, it has got to be seenin treated well. also, it has got to be seen in terms of promotion by the chinese government because if you look on twitter, chinese diplomats are promoting this and are sharing videos of the athletes family back home in xinjiang, celebrating the honour of leading the cauldron and really shows his family being really proud of the fact that she is part of the chinese nation and hoping she does well in the olympics. haw does well in the olympics. how well-known _ does well in the olympics. how well- known is _ does well in the olympics. how well-known is she _ does well in the olympics. how well-known is she in _ does well in the olympics. how well—known is she in china? i think herfather

well—known is she in china? i think her father was well—known is she in china? i think herfather was a well—known is she in china? i think her father was a natural ski champion as well.- her father was a natural ski champion as well. her father was a natural ski chamion as well. ,, , ~ ., champion as well. she is well known but many famous _ champion as well. she is well known but many famous athletes _ champion as well. she is well known but many famous athletes are - but many famous athletes are ensuring that its use only one of them, but she is the person that was chosen to light the olympic gold and for the moment where the olympics start, having a uighur athlete to thatis start, having a uighur athlete to that is really chancing to the world that is really chancing to the world that we really want to show you that they are treated well in china and all of the accusations and criticisms that we faced over human rights abuses their really count for nothing. the comedianjimmy carr is facing criticism for a joke he made about europe's traveller communities being murdered during the holocaust. he made the joke in a comedy special released on netflix. travellers groups, mps and the �*holocaust memorial day trust�* are among those to express their disgust. here is a media law expert david banks.

netflix, they are european—based, they are a us company, but they are based in the netherlands, so they are under the remit of ofcom, the regulator, the uk regulator that regulates the terrestrial channels that we see here, like the bbc. so, that makes this issue complicated. the ofcom code, if we look at it, does include reference to the european commission on human rights and our rights to free speech. but also it accepts that in certain circumstances, it is going to impose limits on that free speech and that, in some instances, and this might be one of them, ofcom might deem the content to be offensive and, you know, the broadcaster would be censured, if they were regulators here in the uk. and that remains to be seen, as to whether streaming services do end up getting regulated in the uk. in previous instances, netflix has been fairly robust in leaving the content up,

particularly of comedians. you know, there have been previous rows about contents of comedians but netflix haven't been particularly quick to respond to sort of social media storms about the content. they may well take the view that the storm creates greater audience. this week, the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl — but critics claim lessons aren't being learnt from previous efforts. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we've got the best seaside resort in wales, haven't we? we've got a lovely community living here in rhyl. there's this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people's eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving.

florist, carol parr is fully aware of the town's reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there's a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago, she chose rhyl high street, an act of faith. over the last, say, two or three years, i have seen a change in rhyl. i think it's an upcoming town again. i'm very optimistic about rhyl, yeah. seagulls cry. that optimism can be hard to see at times, but plans are afoot to regenerate the high street to use the government's levelling—up fund to revitalize the town centre. there have been some decisions in the past locally that perhaps haven't been the best ones in terms of aiming for a very down—market approach. the local mp says a £10 million bid to update rhyl�*s shopping precinct won't simply make the town look better. just building something, bricks and mortar is not the answer. it needs to be a cleverly thought—through scheme that's going to boost economic activity. and do you think that's

going to happen here? well, that's definitely the... that's definitely the plan. levelling up should mean lower crime, better health outcomes and more prospects. all are needed in rhyl, as is much more. there's nowhere here to buy anything any more, really, is there? there's charity shops and chip shops, and that's it. i'm not quite sure how to put this. it's appalling. that's the only word i can use. shops closing, shutting arcades — rhyljust isn't what it used to be. we don't want any i more negative press. rhyl is growing. rhyl is going to boom. we're going to have... you wait till all of. these stores go up. over the years, tens of millions of pounds have been invested in rhyl, but it remains one of the poorest towns in the united kingdom. the lesson from previous regeneration projects across the country is that

if you don't invest in the people, you won't see meaningful and lasting change. you need to inspire people to believe in their own potential. markjones runs one of seven food banks in rhyl. a christian pastor, too, he says the levelling—up efforts need to feed the soul as well as the body. those plans need to show the people of rhyl that there is a hope and a future for them, that the plans actually give them an opportunity for betterjobs, for example. it's ok to invest, but you've also got to inspire. for decades, it was known as "sunny rhyl" — a place where memories were made. but the town needs a future, not a past. reawakened, as much as regenerated. michael buchanan, bbc news, rhyl. donald trump's vice president, mike pence, says he had no power to overturned the result of the 2020 us presidential election, and that mr trump was wrong to think he could have done so. the former president, who has falsely claimed the election was stolen from him, recently insisted again that

mr pence could have blocked certification of the results. our north america correspondent, david willis reports. mike pence was renowned for his almost filial sense of loyalty to donald trump, never publicly disagreeing with him and staunchly defending even the former president's most controversial actions. but there was one area in which the two men have not seen eye to eye. donald trump maintains the former vice president could have used his authority to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election as they were being presented to congress. and following renewed assertions to that effect from mr trump in recent days, mike pence has now decided to speak out. president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. but president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election.

the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. the former vice president was one of a number of lawmakers who were rushed to safety after a mob of donald trump supporters smashed their way into the us capitol as the election results were being certified on january the 6th last year. some in the crowd called for mike pence to be hanged. senior republicans continue to regard the insurrection as a peaceful rally. and shortly before mike pence spoke, the party's governing body voted to censure two lawmakers who agreed to serve on a congressional committee looking into the events of that fateful day. liz cheney, the daughter of another former us vice president, dick cheney, and adam kinsinger both voted along with eight other republican lawmakers to impeach donald trump for inciting the insurrection.

of the republican party remains loyal to donald trump and the former president suggested that if he were to be re—elected, he would consider pardoning those who carried out the attack on the us capitol. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. now, it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello there. the rain is pushing southward, the snow is returning to the north. with a real risk of some quite significant snow through the remainder of the night and the start of sunday. our weather front slowly meandering south bringing that milder, wetter and windier weather. quite a contrast as we go towards dawn. the prospect of several centimetres of snow piling up over the hills of scotland and even a few centimetres at lower levels, blowing around in those strong to gale force winds. of course with that, temperatures close to freezing as well.

blizzards in places, in contrast, the rain is quite heavy, pushing its way further southwards across england and wales with a relatively mild in contrast, in fact, temperatures more akin to what they would be in the daytime at this time of year. so we've got that north, south switch during the morning strong winds throughout, blowing that rain away we think by the end of the morning for most parts, certainly the heavier rain. but a strong width row, blowing that rain away we think by the end of the morning for most parts, certainly the heavier rain. but he could linger in southern and western areas, still that strong wind, potentially gales through the channel by the north and west a lot of wintry showers following him behind with hail and thunder as well as sleet and hail. a blustery day throughout which will accentuate the chill. in fact, we've got that cold, arctic air with us. these are temperatures to start the day, they will dip away is the day goes on across the southern half of the country. we are into the cold air again on sunday but it doesn't last long. i think we will have quite a chilly night here under the starry skies. temperatures will fall away

and we are more likely to see a frost quite widely by the time we get to monday morning. a further north and west, we've got the cloud gathering once again and the rain, our next weather front toppling in. doesn't look as if it will give a significant rain because the high—pressure building towards the south. but that weather front here in the northwest at least on monday will give us fairly wet weather. so let's watch the progress of that as it topples into the day. brightness and sunshine for the south and east and a relatively mild day in contrast once again a real topsy—turvy with our temperatures as we've seen throughout the week and that continues into the start of next week. high pressure will start to build through, i think there will be a lot of cloud around through the day on tuesday and indeed into wednesday but still a lot of dry and settled weather to end the week. as ever, the warnings are on the website.

hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. the queen says camilla, duchess of cornwall, should have the title queen consort when prince charles becomes king. it's been confirmed that the moroccan boy trapped in a well for five days has died. his body was brought up by emergency workers earlier this evening. new appointments at number 10 as the prime minister shakes up his team — after the resignations over downing street parties. ministers in the uk are strengthening legislation that will force global social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly. a parent, whose daughter took her own life, wants the heads of these firms to be held to account.